Molto Bene

Laganum is an online Italian food specialist with a difference. Its products are high quality and unusual, come from small farms, and the owners Malcolm Gilmour and Claudio Gallucci are wholly transparent about their prices. For every item, you can see what they pay the producer, the transport costs and Laganum's modest 20 per cent margin. Among the foods available (pictured above from left) are octopus in olive oil from Sicily, £7 for 300g; wild fennel seeds, £2.60 for 40g; cicerchie, a pulse from Sarconi, £3.60 for 500g; and fasoldò, a sweet paste made from Sarconi beans, £4.30 for 350g. The fasoldò works well with fruit, cheese or spread on a slice of crusty bread.